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Auction History Result 9b285 FIDDLIN' DOLL LC '24 great image of race horses running down the stretch of racetrack! Date Sold 2/8/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (11x14; LC; measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Fiddlin' Doll. The 1924 Edward Laemmle silent horse racing gambling sports thriller ("Fast Steppers"; "From the Red Book Magazine Story by Gerald Beaumont") starring Billy Sullivan ("As 'The Information Kid'"), Shannon Day (in the title role as "The Fiddlin' Doll"), James Quinn, Bert Woodruff, and Duke R. Lee. Note that this was the first of a series of horse racing two-reelers made by Universal in 1924 (similar to their boxing series, called "The Leather Pushers"). Each movie had its own title, but they had the overall title prominently billed, in this case, "Fast Steppers". Also note that director Edward Laemmle has been largely forgotten by film history, but he has a VERY interesting biography! He is the nephew of Carl Laemmle, who persuaded him to leave his electrical engineering career in 1915 and join him at his recently opened Universal Studios. He started as an assistant director, mainly under John Ford. In 1917, he went to New Guinea to produce a movie about the natives there, and was shipwrecked, and spent two years among the Kia Kia cannibals! This adventure was re-created in the movie "Shipwrecked Among Cannibals", which became the first million dollar movie for Universal Studios. Edward Laemmle went on to direct roughly 50 movies, and had many famous assistants, including William Wyler! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good to very good. The card was folded down the middle at one time and there is separation at the top and bottom of that fold. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back of the card! Learn More about condition grades 
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